Glossary · Regulation + law
EU AI Act
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — the world's first horizontal AI law. Risk-based: prohibited practices (Art. 5, in force 2 Feb 2025), high-risk systems (Art. 6), GPAI obligations (Chapter V), transparency obligations to natural persons (Art. 50). Phased timeline: Phase 1 (prohibited practices + AI literacy) Feb 2025; GPAI obligations Aug 2025; Phase 2 (Annex III standalone high-risk) originally Aug 2026, provisionally deferred to Dec 2027 under the May 2026 Digital Omnibus deal; Phase 3 (Annex I embedded high-risk) originally Aug 2027, provisionally Aug 2028 under the same deal. Omnibus is provisional until formally adopted by the co-legislators.
Framework references
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1689